Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply to end December 2023
This statistical publication presents latest quarterly figures to end December 2023 on new housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply, along with annual rates of new housebuilding and affordable housing supply per head of population, with comparisons to other UK countries.
Quarterly comparisons
Overall, across all sectors, there were 3,859 starts and 5,391 completions in the last quarter of 2023. There were 3,126 starts and 4,086 private led completions. In the social sector there were 733 starts and 1,305 completions. Further breakdowns are in Tables 1 & 2, which show the number of quarterly starts and completions in 2022 and 2023.
Comparisons of quarterly data should be made to the corresponding quarter in a previous year as there have been no seasonal adjustments made to the data. Comparisons in Chart 4 and Chart 5 focus on quarterly comparisons between 2023 and 2022.
As Chart 4 shows, there were decreases in the number of housebuilding starts through the private sector (8% decrease; 254 fewer homes) and housing associations (16% decrease; 62 fewer homes) when comparing quarter 4 of 2023 to quarter 4 of 2022. Whereas local authority led starts increased by 9% (35 additional homes).
There were also quarterly decreases in completions led by the private sector (12% decrease, 582 fewer homes) and housing associations (35% decrease; 447 fewer homes) but a 28% increase in local authority led completions (105 additional homes). This is illustrated in Chart 5.
Table 1: Housebuilding starts for 2022 and 2023, by quarter
|
Sector |
Q1 Jan - Mar 2022 |
Q2 Apr - Jun 2022 |
Q3 Jul - Sep 2022 |
Q4 Oct - Dec 2022 |
Q1 Jan - Mar 2023 |
Q2 Apr - Jun 2023 |
Q3 Jul - Sep 2023 |
Q4 Oct - Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Private led |
3,750 |
4,776 |
4,104 |
3,380 |
2,922 |
3,586 |
3,118 |
3,126 |
|
Local Authority |
804 |
724 |
440 |
376 |
348 |
243 |
190 |
411 |
|
Housing Assoc. |
1,133 |
299 |
856 |
384 |
653 |
364 |
734 |
322 |
|
Social sector |
1,937 |
1,023 |
1,296 |
760 |
1,001 |
607 |
924 |
733 |
|
All sector |
5,687 |
5,799 |
5,400 |
4,140 |
3,923 |
4,193 |
4,042 |
3,859 |
Table 2: Housebuilding completions for 2022 and 2023, by quarter
|
Sector |
Q1 Jan - Mar 2022 |
Q2 Apr - Jun 2022 |
Q3 Jul - Sep 2022 |
Q4 Oct - Dec 2022 |
Q1 Jan - Mar 2023 |
Q2 Apr - Jun 2023 |
Q3 Jul - Sep 2023 |
Q4 Oct - Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Private led |
3,562 |
4,091 |
4,364 |
4,668 |
3,718 |
3,982 |
3,450 |
4,086 |
|
Local Authority |
870 |
360 |
810 |
375 |
397 |
370 |
450 |
480 |
|
Housing Assoc. |
1,115 |
897 |
1,309 |
1,272 |
1,538 |
608 |
1,088 |
825 |
|
Social sector |
1,985 |
1,257 |
2,119 |
1,647 |
1,935 |
978 |
1,538 |
1,305 |
|
All sector |
5,547 |
5,348 |
6,483 |
6,315 |
5,653 |
4,960 |
4,988 |
5,391 |
Chart 4: Local authority led starts were higher in the last quarter of 2023 compared with 2022, whereas private sector led starts and housing association starts were lower.
Chart 5: Local authority led completions were higher in the last quarter of 2023 compared with 2022, whereas private sector led completions and housing association completions were lower.
Timeseries data along with local authority breakdowns are contained in the supporting Excel tables.
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